M&A Deal Summary

PepsiCo Acquires Sakata Rice Snacks Australia Pty

On August 12, 2005, PepsiCo acquired food company Sakata Rice Snacks Australia Pty

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PepsiCo’s 4th transaction in the Food sector.
  • This is PepsiCo’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-08-12
Target Sakata Rice Snacks Australia Pty
Sector Food
Buyer(s) PepsiCo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Canterbury Partners (Financial)

Target

Sakata Rice Snacks Australia Pty

Laverton North, Australia
Sakata Rice Snacks Australia Pty Ltd. is the market leader in rice snacks, a snack category that has enjoyed rapid growth over the last several years.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

PepsiCo

Purchase, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1898
Sector Beverages
Employees319,000
Revenue 91.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
PepsiCo office in Columbia, Maryland.
PepsiCo office in Columbia, Maryland.

PepsiCo is a global food and beverage company. PepsiCo's brands include Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. Through its operations, authorized bottlers, contract manufacturers and other third parties, PepsiCo makes, markets, distributes and sells a wide variety of beverages, foods and snacks. PepsiCo was founded in 1898 and is based in Purchase, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 28
Sector: Food M&A 4 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 20
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-08-03 Gatorade

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Gatorade, Inc. provides nutritional sports drinks and products for athletes.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-21 Stacy s Pita Chip Company

Randolph, Massachusetts, United States

Stacy's is an all-natural snack company. Stacy's pita chips are distributed nationwide and have become the sales leader in the rapidly growing pita chip category. Stacy's is based in Randolph, Massachusetts.

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